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Rose members receive amazing discounts at the Rose and Starlight Room, in addition to some of Jefferson County's finest businesses including the Finnriver Cidery, Elevated Ice Cream, the Pourhouse, and more!

The Rose is the only theatre in the country to play JONI 75: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for a week-long engagement. Originally billed as a one-night event at theatres across the country, fans turned out in force in Port Townsend - despite the snow - for this great tribute to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. One night turned into four sold-out showings, and now the distributor has given permission for a week-long run. It opens Friday in the Rose, and ticket pricing remains the same: $10 Rose members, $15 non-members.

Maria by Callas - Rosebud Cinema

"Volf's love letter to his subject makes one thing perfectly clear: This is what a star is made of. No arguments here." — Rolling Stone

MARIA BY CALLAS is the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek/American opera singer completely in her own words.

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs—nearly all of which have never been shown to the public—the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.

Callas believed that two different women lived in her: Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life; and Callas, the public figure and icon, from which an adoring public expected a transcendent experience every time she stepped onstage, and which could quickly become outraged when they felt she had given them anything less. Through Volf's intimate portrait of Callas, we see that some commonly held beliefs about Callas, notably her reputation as a "tempestuous" diva, have no basis in fact. MARIA BY CALLAS revisits many of the most notable controversies of Callas's life, from the "Rome Cancellation" to her conflict with the Metropolitan Opera's Rudolf Bing, and demonstrates that, while Callas was a demanding perfectionist, she was neither capricious nor someone who made trouble for its own sake. The film also sheds new light on Callas's relationship with Aristotle Onassis, the supreme love of her life.

Instead of trying to sum up her vast musical repertoire through countless clips, director Volf instead presents some of her most important arias in their entirety. Each aria is chosen for its significance for the period in Callas's life during which she sang them. These arias include: "Casta Diva" ("Norma"), "Love is a Rebellious Bird" ("Carmen"), and "I Lived for Art, I Lived for Love" ("Tosca"). Through hearing these full versions of Callas's performances, the audience is able to experience a direct, unmediated response to her music, as the audiences of her time did. MARIA BY CALLAS is a loving portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women, told in a way that is revelatory, unprecedented, and authoritative.